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life sucks

Fri, 08/03/2007 - 21:12
you know whe your own sister gets horrified because you happen to be with people she knows and she has taken you along and she wants to crawl under a rock. no i dont drive, oh dont you know how? well yes cant for medical reasons. the one lady was a nurse and said seizures, i said yes uncontrolable, she said no proble you are in good hands, my sister and the other ladies didnt say a word and seemed to shrink in the wood work as the nurse asked me questions. she then said well there is no reason for you to worry and not join and come to the garden club meeting and field trips cuz we have quite a lot of nurses and i am at all of them just tell me what you need when certain ones happen, so we talked and she was so great. now since i am such a embarassment and the family secret is out, i guess she wont take me anywhere any more!!! well my sister hardly talked on the way home. i brought up all sorts of things like music, hates my choises, food, hates, movies, hates, etc hates. she always does this to me anything i like is no good. well i sat there thinking of the song " super freak" yeap thats me, yes the song does date mea bit too. i ended up coming home and reading that stupid report from the psyconeuro and boy that even depressed me more, why i just didnt leave it in its file where its been for 2 years is beynd me!!!! banffgirl

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Re: Re: Re: life sucks

Submitted by itsmyeviltwin on Thu, 2007-08-09 - 00:04
I hear ya...enjoy music, getting into bluegrass lately, enjoy country, even classical, old rock and RB,...except for rap, agree is not music at all to me(please, IMO I mean no disrespect to those who enjoy it, I'm just of the generation who cringes when I hear it...its so angry and violent esp against women and I think it has done/continues to do so much damage!!soooosad)

Re: Re: Re: Re: life sucks

Submitted by dave 44 on Thu, 2007-08-09 - 01:28
Ive played in all types of bands over the years with some very talented and some not so talented individuals. I gravitated towrds this because I have above average musical ability, my epilepsy is usually confined to the morning and most the gigs are at night. Also if you can play the guitar like Eric Clapton they dont care if you fall down once in awhile.But,....I have run into some who are like your sis. My fave story is when I went back to my hometown and auditioned for a band and got the job. Then the guy I auditioned for asked about me at the local music store and the guy told him," oh!,dave ? hes a great guitar player. Does he still have seizures up on stage? The guy I auditioned for was very cool and understanding.(being a guitar God didnt hurt either) I confronted the idiot in the music store. His face turned red as he looked at the floor.I told him the problem I have is difficult but I can overcome it. I can still overcome it with you blowing crap in peoples ears about me. It would be a little easier if you didnt though. He said he was sorry.

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